One of the more youthful and fresh wines in the vintage today is the 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee Marie Beurrier. Sporting a healthy ruby, mostly opaque color, it offers fabulous notes of Provencal herbs, spice, white pepper, kirsch and assorted Grenache-dominated fruit characteristics in a medium to full-bodied, beautifully balanced, rich and lengthy profile. There's still a fair kick of tannin here, but it has a core of sweet fruit and is a joy to drink. It will easily drink well for another decade.
(WA 4th Mar 2016)
